(It's been a while sorry!!)
So I'm going to blog about my editing assignment for my film I done, 'Moving Out', which I surprisingly got a Distinction for. (Sorry enough of bragging)
For my edit I tried to make it as simple as possible and just make a good film with the emotion coming from the film and the editing techniques.
It was difficult to keep continuity with the edit as simple thing like the placement of the hand, where a cup is, where you looking is all real vital to keeping the film looking as real as possible, in fact I had some problems with this.
I tried switching from a different camera angle if there was an error and I think this would keep the audience's attention.
The editing process was a long and trying process but worth it and highly rewarding and I learnt a lot which will help me in the future.
Monday 29 April 2013
What's Coming Next
My next blog posts will be of editing the location shoot and posting on our studio shoot of David Mamet's 'The Dog'.
Shooting
Myself and Victoria Wilson started shooting early in the morning, at first we had the crew call at around 09:00, this was so that the crew could all set up before the actors came and ran their lines.
The actors then came at 10:00, already knowing their lines but we gave them a quick rehearsal while me and Victoria discussed what we should do first.
We then started shooting our first scene, which was the third scene in the script. It was a relatively short scene to shoot and it was shot in my bedroom. It took us 3 or 4 takes to get that scene.
The next scene we shot was the fourth scene or "The Goodbye Scene" which was directly just down stairs, we choose that one next because it would take less time to set up and we didn't have far to move, it to was a short scene to shoot.
The scene we planned to shoot next was the first scene; which was the longest scene so we thought we'd try to get as much done as we could before we went for break. There was a lot to think about for this take because the mood in the scene changes so quickly and we didn't want it to just be explosive or out of the blue so we had to take our time and build up. We also had to get pick up shots and tried a few different shots: one shot that worked was the kettle shot which is of a boiling kettle and it kind of reflects the scene nicely because the kettle represents the characters emotions; calm and still at first but then boiling and ready to over flow, one shot that didn't work was the window shot which was a shot from outside the window capturing the mum Ellen; but we couldn't get it because the window was too reflective with the sun so we couldn't use it.
We then had a 45 min break...
Then we started shooting our last scene the second scene, because I was key director for the first few scenes we decided that Victoria should be the key director and i would take over the role of camera operator. The last scene was in the living room, it's where Ellen and Charlie have a heart to heart and Charlie tells his mum, Ellen, that he's decided to move out. We did a lot of different takes from a lot of different angles to get good coverage of the entire scene. As soon as we got all the shots we needed and finished the scene that was us, we wrapped up our first ever HND Moving Image Location Shoot.
We then all congratulated and thanked each other, and then it was the wrap party!
We then started shooting our first scene, which was the third scene in the script. It was a relatively short scene to shoot and it was shot in my bedroom. It took us 3 or 4 takes to get that scene.
The next scene we shot was the fourth scene or "The Goodbye Scene" which was directly just down stairs, we choose that one next because it would take less time to set up and we didn't have far to move, it to was a short scene to shoot.
The scene we planned to shoot next was the first scene; which was the longest scene so we thought we'd try to get as much done as we could before we went for break. There was a lot to think about for this take because the mood in the scene changes so quickly and we didn't want it to just be explosive or out of the blue so we had to take our time and build up. We also had to get pick up shots and tried a few different shots: one shot that worked was the kettle shot which is of a boiling kettle and it kind of reflects the scene nicely because the kettle represents the characters emotions; calm and still at first but then boiling and ready to over flow, one shot that didn't work was the window shot which was a shot from outside the window capturing the mum Ellen; but we couldn't get it because the window was too reflective with the sun so we couldn't use it.
We then had a 45 min break...
Then we started shooting our last scene the second scene, because I was key director for the first few scenes we decided that Victoria should be the key director and i would take over the role of camera operator. The last scene was in the living room, it's where Ellen and Charlie have a heart to heart and Charlie tells his mum, Ellen, that he's decided to move out. We did a lot of different takes from a lot of different angles to get good coverage of the entire scene. As soon as we got all the shots we needed and finished the scene that was us, we wrapped up our first ever HND Moving Image Location Shoot.
We then all congratulated and thanked each other, and then it was the wrap party!
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